Conferences

The first International Conference on Responsible Tourism in Destinations took place in Cape Town in August 2002 as a side event of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development. It was this international conference attended by 280 delegates from 20 countries which passed the Cape Town Declaration on Responsible Tourism in Destinations which founded a movement which challenges all stakeholders to engage with the issues which arise in destinations and to do what they can to address them.

RTD1 2002 The Cape Town Declaration on Responsible Tourism in Destinations
RTD2 2008 The Kerala Declaration on the roles of stakeholders
RTD3 2009 The Belize Declaration on cruising, second homes, climate change, local economic development and tourism’s impacts in the coastal zone.
RTD4 2010October 10-12 Oman
RTD5 2011 June 27-29 Edmonton, Canada
RTD6 2012 TBA

For a brief report on the five Responsible Tourism in Destinations Conferences download.

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